The rules are written to make college players perform as vassals in a system that pays everyone but them. Instead, the system should start with the players and write the rules to be fair to them.

Among the curious things about Prospero as a dramatic hero is that he has no real obstacles or antagonists. As his name suggests, he thrives from beginning to end. Because he possesses magic, it's easy for him to ward off any threat, overcome any trouble and fulfill his every desire.

While returning all five starters carries substantial benefits, these are the same guys who constituted one of the worst-shooting teams in UNC history a season ago.

It often gets ignored that some of the best women's basketball in the country is played right here. All three teams are off to solid starts, and all have a chance to make a long run in the big dance this season.

The rules are written to make college players perform as vassals in a system that pays everyone but them. Instead, the system should start with the players and write the rules to be fair to them.

Among the curious things about Prospero as a dramatic hero is that he has no real obstacles or antagonists. As his name suggests, he thrives from beginning to end. Because he possesses magic, it's easy for him to ward off any threat, overcome any trouble and fulfill his every desire.

While returning all five starters carries substantial benefits, these are the same guys who constituted one of the worst-shooting teams in UNC history a season ago.

It often gets ignored that some of the best women's basketball in the country is played right here. All three teams are off to solid starts, and all have a chance to make a long run in the big dance this season.

A week after the illegal occupation and overzealous police raid at the former Chrysler Building, how can the community begin to heal?

Preserve Rural Orange, a citizens group, asked for the hearing after learning that UNC had received state erosion control and storm water permits and filed for four additional permits—after a university official told the group there were no new documents.

"The meals gap is getting bigger. We're treading water rather than making progress." — Gideon Adams, of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina

"I think being a father sort of explained to me that I'm in control of so little in this world. Wouldn't it be nice to feel as though there was something else at work that was helping me get through?" — M.C. Taylor

The third full-length from Future Islands slows and stabilizes the band's formerly relentless dance beats and gets very serious about the heart, hope and the entirely unforgiving quest to make it into adulthood. (Thrill Jockey Records)

Crimpers, razors, tanning beds and the bar

Straw Valley embodies the qualities of a great wine: a melding of history and tradition with innovation and craftsmanship to evoke a singular sense of place, embodying terroir as winemakers strive to do.

DaisyCakes opens a brick-and-mortar in downtown Durham, and it's not just cupcakes. Pullen Place offers traditional concession fare plus local and seasonal foods.

Raleigh native Burk Uzzle's "Red, White, and Blue" appears to be kind of a bad photograph, compositionally. But as a conceptual tableaux, it prompts you to ponder where America is and where you are in it.